My Minnesota

The Vernal Equinox is a week away. I keep struggling with the realization that repeated, extended, spells of well above normal temperatures ...

After last night’s snow fall of four to five inches, the neighborhood looks more typical for February in the North Country. Most of the wint...

In less than 24 hours, we in the Northern Hemisphere will observe this year’s Autumn Equinox. It occurs tomorrow at 1:50 pm CDT where we liv...

A week from today will bring Autumn Equinox in our neck of the woods. The Better Half’s last rose of summer has come and gone. last rose of ...

The old saying about “a picture’s worth a thousand words” means that we’re providing a 4,000+ word posting today. We finally got around to t...

The other day, the Better Half observed that roadside asters had come into bloom. What she was referring to were shorter, with smaller flowe...

We’re beginning the end of July. It’s now the last full week of that month. Canada’s wildfire smoke is again drifting through our skies. The...

Our area is back into severe drought conditions, again. Meanwhile, the Northeast is getting flooded and governments worldwide continue to dr...

It’s been dry enough that the local flock of five or so hen turkeys are now pecking their way through the “wet spot” in our back yard. Few t...

We’ve gone from a misty morning to a long, soaking, much needed rain. Perhaps soil moisture and groundwater levels may approximate where the...

If rainfall can be sparse, that's what's falling as this is written. We have scattered showers with scattered raindrops for the afte...